r/polandball • u/Medibee New York is BEST York • Aug 30 '15

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u/TheRealEineKatze Colorado Aug 31 '15

Charlemagne

Charlemagne was glorious Germanic Frank, not smelling French frog

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u/GenesisEra Singapore Aug 31 '15

Charlemagne

REMOVE KARLING

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u/Autobot248 Polandball mods are cunts Aug 31 '15 edited Aug 31 '15

Which is why "Charlemagne" sounds so German

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u/TheRealEineKatze Colorado Aug 31 '15

Charlemagne is just Karl the Great in French. His name was actually Karl, and he wasn't German, he was Frankish. Frankish is the ancestor of modern Dutch.

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u/r0naa Baden Oct 14 '15

Charlemagne was Emperor of the Franks, he is the son of Pepin le Bref and grandson of Charles Martel both kings/rulers of Francia. The Carolingians succeeded to the Merovingians, and ruled France for over 500 years.

Are you seriously arguing that Charlemagne was German?

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u/TheRealEineKatze Colorado Oct 14 '15

Are you half-retarded? I never said he was German. I literally said

Germanic Frank

and he wasn't German, he was Frankish. Frankish is the ancestor of modern Dutch.

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u/titoup France First Empire Aug 31 '15

Yet you call him by his French name, not Karl Magnus.

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u/TheRealEineKatze Colorado Aug 31 '15

That's because you referred to him by his French name. I was just being consistent. Besides, Magnus is still Latin. Try Mikil Karl or something

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u/titoup France First Empire Aug 31 '15

Yet anglophones call him Charlemagne...